Page 4 University Daily Kansan Thursday, Feb. 8, 1962
'Jayhawk Killer' Ties Chamberlain's Record
By Steve Clark
On Feb. 10, 1960, the Kansas Jayhawkers quickly jumped off to a 47-27 halftime lead over the Kansas State Wildeats. An inexperienced sophomore by the name of Mike Wroblewski was inserted in to the Wildcat lineup in the second half and scored 18 of his 22 total points to spearhead a Wildcat drive that tied up the ball game.
The Jayhawkers were able to come back and eke out a 64-62 victory.
THE TWO INTRA-STATE rivals met again on Feb. 24, 1960 at Ahearn Field House and this time, the Wildcats won easily 68-57. The game was wrapped up in the first half, almost solely because of the efforts of Wroblewski, who poured in 15 points.
From that time on, Wrobleski was known as the "Jayhawk killer."
Last night the "Jayhawk killer" returned to the same field house where he received his first game. Wroblewski, while considered a big threat, was placed in a secondary role. Two Wildcat defensive aces, Dick Ewy and Warren Brown, had put the stops to the Jayhawk back-court scoring duo of Nolen Ellison and Jerry Gardner at Manhattan in the teams' first meeting. Wroblewski scored only 11 points in this game.
MUCH CONCERN was shown by Kansas State fans and area press Tuesday when it was announced that Brown was listed as a doubtful starter. Brown didn't even suit up, but Wroblewski took up the skim.
The 6-8 senior from South Bend, Ind., canned 24 points in the first half, and fired in 22 in the second half to tie former KU great, Wilt Chamberlain's Big Eight record of 46 points.
The "Jayhawk killer" had done it again.
LIKE TWO YEARS ago at Manhattan the game was pretty well sewed-up in the first half. Six other Wildcat players were able to match Wrobleski's first-half point total and gave Kansas State a comfortable 48-37 intermission lead.
The Cats had to work hard for their lead however. A scrappy band of Jayhawkers put up a strong fight against the nation's fourth-ranked team. Kansas scored first on a high-arched jump shot from the corner by Jim Dumas. Pat McKenzie tipped in a shot underneath the Kansas State basket to tie the game 2-2.
Kansas apparently hadn't read the press clippings that said Kansas State would run-away with the game. The Jayhawkers played as if they thought they could win the game. The Ellison-Gardner combination worked again as Gardner fed Ellison underneath the basket for a field goal, and a 4-2 lead with a minute-and-a-half elapsed.
KANSAS STATE took control at this point and steadily built up an
JAYHAWK KILLER — Mike Wroblewski tied a Big Eight record last night by scoring 46 points against the Jayhawkers.
The Jayhawkers still could not realize they weren't supposed to beat a team like Kansas State. Displaying a fighting spirit that would put "Knute Rockne's old Notre Dame" to shame, the Jayhawks narrowed the Wildcat lead to 18-17.
Kansas State reserve guard George Davidson fouled Buddy Vance underneath the basket, and Vance stepped to the line with a 1-1 situation and a chance to tie the game, and go ahead by one.
18-9 lead in the next five minutes. The "Jayhawk killer" led the assault with four field goals and a free throw.
THE JAYHAWKERS were not having a good night at the charity line. In all, the Kansas crew missed
Winter's Pre-Game Prediction Comes True
By Ben Marshall
Kansas State Coach Tex Winter disclosed after last night's game, that a pre-game prediction he made came true. "Before the game I said that Gardner and Ellison could score 40 points and we'd still beat Kansas."
Ellison scored 25 points while Gardner chipped in 20.
WINTER ADMITTED, however that he had not predicted 'Cat center Mike Wroblewski's dazzling 46-point performance.
"Mike's hot hand was definitely the deciding factor." he added.
"If Wroblewski could hit like that all the time," Winter said, "we'd really be a great ball team. Tonight we played as well as this team can play."
Winter continuing said, "When I took Mike out with four minutes left, I didn't know he was so close to Chamberlain's record, but DeWeese (Paul, K-State sports publicity director) came down and told me so I sent him back in."
Winter said that he had expected a wide-open game because his two defensive specialists, guards Warren Brown and Dick Ewy, were either on the disabled list or could see only limited action. Brown, who sustained a hip bruise in the Nebraska game Saturday, did not suit up, but Ewy rebounded from a bad cold to see 30 minutes of action.
"If we'd played Brown, our defense would have been much more effective against Gardner and Ellison." Winter said. "Obviously, we didn't stress defense," he added, smiling.
Commenting on the close officiating that netted a combined total of 53 fouls during the contest, Winter said, "Those guys called everything, and then some that weren't even there. They made some real questionable calls on both Wroblewski and Buddy Vance (KU center)."
THE WILDCAT mentor praised Ewy for his fine defensive performance. "Even though Ewy got tired," he said, "Gardner didn't score many of his 20 points on him."
19 free throws, the Wildcat's margin of victory.
Vance missed his shot, but soon rectified his mistake by laying the ball in the basket after taking a well-directed pass from Gardner to put the Jayhawkers in front 19-18 with 9:35 left in the first half.
"I didn't have any idea I was so close to the record," the Wildcat center said, "but man. I was tired. I kept yelling at the bench for them to take me out, but they didn't hear me," he added.
A haggard Mike Wroblewski, sitting on a locker room bench untying his shoes, admitted that his bout with the flu slowed him down in the second half.
USING THE STEADY style of play that has catapulted the Kansas State crew into their fourth-place national ranking, the Wildcats slowly moved in front of the Jayhawkers. First it was 20-19, then 21-19, 23-19 and 29-23. This time Dick Ewy, who was also listed as a doubtful starter, and Gary Marriott combined with Wroblewski to put the apparent finishing touches on the Jayhawkers.
Dick Ewy, exhausted from chasing Gardner, said, "Kansas played a lot better tonight than they did in Manhattan, and Gardner and Ellison were much more effective. Without Mike's shooting, we would have been in bad shape."
This was the last time the Jayhawkers led in the ball game.
The 11-point halftime margin that the Wildcats commanded was the narrowest margin the Jayhawkers were to have the remainder of the evening. Coach Dick Harp's crew never gave up, but steadily lost ground throughout the second half.
Ellison, who had been held to nine points in the first half, came back strong in the second half, found his shooting eye and fired in 16 points for a game total of 25, well above his 19.0 average.
Kansas (72) FG FT PF TI
Dumas 4 3 2 11
Vance 3 4 3 10
Gardner 6 8 3 20
Gibson 2 1 4 5
Ellison 8 9 5 25
Sparks 0 0 0 0
Flachsbarth 0 1 5 1
Matt
Totals 23 26 22 72
Kansas State (91)
McKenzie 4 1 5 9
Marriott 4 5 4 13
Wroblewski 17 12 3 46
Ewy 3 0 3 6
Peithman 1 0 5 2
Davidson 0 0 4 0
Heitmeyer 1 0 0 2
Gottfried 0 0 2 0
Miller 1 3 1 5
Baxter 1 4 4 6
Johnson 1 0 0 2
Totals 33 25 31 91
By Steve Clark
Jottings from the note pad;
When Nolen Ellison fouled out last night with 40 seconds remaining in the game, it was the first time this year that the junior guard had been rested. Ellison logged 639 minutes and 20 seconds of consecutive playing time before reaching the bench for a brief stay.
Mike Wroblewski, who tied Wilt Chamberlain's Big Eight record of 46 points, has been sick all week with the flu. This writer was delighted to hear the news from friend Bernie Gilmer of the Manhattan Mercury, and was hoping that Wroblewski might have an "off" night. No such luck!
ALLEN FIELD HOUSE partisans have seen some very mediocre officiating recently for Big Eight basketball. The officiating at both the Missouri and Kansas State games was not "up to snuff," and there has been much booing by the crowd, and strong reaction from players and coaches on disputed calls.
Monday night Buddy Vance picked up his last two fouls on highly disputed calls. On one foul it was evident that Jerry Gardner had hacked a Missouri player driving for the basket, but the foul was called on Vance.
Last night a total of 55 fouls was called on both teams and four men fouled out of the game. Hardly a minute passed when there wasn't a player at the free throw line shooting a charity toss.
THERE WAS a mixup between the officials and the scorers table that allowed Al Peithman to play an additional 20 seconds after he committed his fifth foul. Everyone in the field house including Peithman and K-State Coach Tex Winter knew that Peithman had five fouls. Eventually a time-out was called and things were straightened out, sending Peithman to the bench.
It looked last night like the Kansas State State 7-0 reserve center Roger Suttner was carrying a chip on his shoulder. Suttner who was booed in his Sunflower doubleheader appearance against Marquette, seemed to let his temper flare when he was
tied up underneath the basket by a couple of Jayhawker players.
PERHAPS SINCE Suttner is 7-0,
he feels the world owes him something.
Coach Dick Harp's comment after the game was, "I'm tired of losing." He credited the Wildcat's victory to "manpower," but conceded that his Jayhawkers seemed to have their "spark" back. "If we maintain this, we can win some," Harp said. He said the Jayhawkers were more aggressive than their last outing against the Wildcats.
Saturday night Iowa State brings a well-balanced scoring attack to town. The Cyclones have a 9-9 seasonal record and stand 4-3 in conference play.
AT HALFTIME of the Cyclone encounter, six representatives from the Bluebonnet Bowl will be on hand to present the Jayhawker football team with its trophy for their 34-7 victory over Rice.
It will be a good weekend for sports in Lawrence. Friday afternoon at 3:30 the Jayhawk indoor track team has a triangular with Southern Illinois and Pittsburg State.
Saturday afternoon at 2 in Robinson pool, the Jayhawker swimming team meets the perennial conference champions, the Oklahoma Sooners. This is the first time in years that a conference team has had a chance to knock off the Sooners. The first 150 people to show up at the meet get in. The others will have to read the UDK reports. That's how it goes.
There are more intramural "A" games on tap for tonight, and the UDK sports staff will be on hand searching for the league's top players for its all-star team. This is to remind all team managers who have not nominated their two men for the team to call them into the newsroom, VI 3-2700, Ext. 711.
All-opponent teams are due Tuesday night. For more information check yesterday's Kansan.
How is it possible to expect mankind to take advice when they will not so much as take warning?— Jonathan Swift
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